DISTANCE FLYING.
A DUTCHMAN'S AMBITION. ENDURANCE FLIGHT ALSO. (Por Press Association —Copyl ight ) (Received This Day, 11. IS a.m.) AMSTERDAM, January 20. Using a special three-engined Fokker and carrying three assistant-pilots, B. Grase (technical head of the Fokker works) plans a flight to Batavia in three 24-hour stages—Amsterdam, Basra, Allahabad and Batavia. He intends to attempt to break the world's endurance record around Holland. He will also attempt a non-stop flight to America if he succeeds in the Batavia flight.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 48, Issue 86, 21 January 1928, Page 5
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80DISTANCE FLYING. Ashburton Guardian, Volume 48, Issue 86, 21 January 1928, Page 5
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